President Barack Obama teasingly described David Beckham as a “rare man” who could balance a long football career with producing his own line in underwear. The former England captain his LA Galaxy team mates were lauded at the White House after winning the Major League Soccer Cup, America’s equivalent of the Premiership.Turning to the 37-year-old [...]
Great Britain’s women’s football team will play New Zealand in the opening event of the Olympic Games at the Millennium Stadium on 25 July. They will then face further group games against Cameroon and Brazil.The Team GB men’s side will take on Senegal in their first fixture, at Old Trafford on 26 July.Stuart Pearce’s side [...]
The UAE Olympic football team have been rewarded for qualifying for this summer’s London Games with a dream run-out against hosts Great Britain at Wembley Stadium. Mahdi Ali’s men were drawn in Group A for the sporting showpiece, alongside Stuart Pearce’s side, Senegal and Uruguay, on Tuesday. They will begin their campaign at Manchester United’s [...]
England: Hosts Britain, world champions Spain, Brazil and Mexico were named by FIFA as the top seeds for the men’s Olympic soccer tournament on Monday, a day before the draw for the 16-team finals. Britain, world champions Japan and defending champions the United States were named as the top three seeds in the women’s competition.The [...]
ISLAMABAD: The Asian Football Confederation (AFC) Under-14 Boys’ Football Festival kicked off here on Wednesday at Jinnah Stadium, Pakistan Sports Complex, Islamabad. The opening ceremony started with the passing out parade of the participating teams: Pakistan, Pakistan A, Tajikistan and Afghanistan. Paul Molloy, the Australian Deputy High Commissioner, was the chief guest at the opening [...]
ISLAMABAD: The Asian Football Confederation (AFC) Under-14 Boys’ Football Festival will kick off from Wednesday (today) here at Jinnah Stadium, Pakistan Sports Complex. The arrangements have been given final touches to stage the 4-team international fixture under the banner of AFC. Afghanistan, Pakistan, Tajikistan and Pakistan A will show their game skill during the 5-day [...]
LAHORE: Zong, the digital partner of Pakistani nation, will be sending 32 young boys to Manchester United Soccer School in the United Kingdom for a one week training camp. Zong’s media manager Amir Pasha told a group of journalists here on Wednesday that Zong was giving this ‘first of a kind opportunity’ of being a [...]
Two beautiful goals by Ahmed Khalil coupled with a last-gasp strike by Haboush Saleh earned the UAE U-23 national team a place in the history.. after the boys in white cruised to a crucial 3-2 away victory over hosts Uzbekistan and advanced to the finals of the 2012 London Games at Jar Stadium in Tashkent [...]
The head of Brazil’s football federation, Ricardo Teixeira, has stepped down from his post, days after taking sick leave. He also resigned from the 2014 World Cup organising committee.Mr Teixeira, who led the federation for 23 years, had come under pressure over corruption allegations, which he has denied.He has been investigated on suspicion of crimes [...]
Australia, Iran and Iraq are through to the final round of Asian qualifying for the 2014 World Cup after they all won away matches on Tuesday. Australia beat Thailand 1-0 to ensure it will finish at the top of Group D and be one of 10 countries to progress to the fourth round of qualifying. [...]
